Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 289 - 94 Ancient Tomb Master_2

Chapter 289: Chapter 94 Ancient Tomb Master_2

Xiao Jie exclaimed in surprise, "He’s still afraid of debt collectors? After all, he’s a Swordsman of over level 30!"

"Ha, no matter how skilled in martial arts, you can’t just kill someone in the street, right? The Game Administration Bureau isn’t vegetarian. Of course, he does have other options, like becoming a boxer, competing in matches, or becoming a martial arts instructor at a gym—but I doubt he could explain it clearly, as it seems the martial arts in this game are directly implanted into our brains. Using them is no problem, but explaining the theory clearly isn’t easy."

"After risking life and death as Salted Fish for so long, how could he be willing to work for someone else just as he’s about to retire from the game?"

That made sense to Xiao Jie. Once you’ve gained such great power, it’s hard to let others boss you around like an ordinary person.

"Then why is he still a Swordsman at level 30?"

"Who knows? When he first joined at level 20, he was a mountain bandit. I don’t know what kind of profession he grinded out, his core skill is Plunder, which allows him to rob NPCs. Maybe he was just really desperate for money back then."

But robbing too many times could easily trigger a bounty on his head, so he dares not do it too much now. As a result, his account is utterly wasted, which is not uncommon, especially for those whose initial professions were disappointing and then failed in their Second Transformation. There are all sorts of weird Second Transformation professions in this game, so if someone’s Basic Profession isn’t great, they might gamble on a rare one and hit jackpot."

"However, clearly, he lost that bet."

Xiao Jie sighed inwardly. He had thought that every gamer would be a powerful figure, living above the masses as long as they didn’t die—turns out Salted Fish had it rough.

"Do you think they can make a fortune from the Ancient Tomb?"

Hidden Dragon let out a long sigh, "Salted Fish is a desperate man when pushed into a corner, no matter what the outcome, he’s bound to keep going down this path."

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"Salted Fish, go, what are you waiting for?" The teammates cheered him on from behind.

"Wait for what, your sister!" Salted Fish retorted irritably. Ahead lay a spacious corridor, its floor covered with stone slabs, each slab featuring a different pattern.

They seemed to be arranged according to some specific rule.

In the middle of the corridor lay a skeleton, its body pierced with many arrows.

This corridor clearly had traps.

"Does anyone know Qimen Dunjia, formations, traps, or anything like that?"

Nobody made a sound—the team of Physical players hardly had such high-end talents.

Salted Fish then looked towards the two Masters of Magic.

"Don’t look at me, I just casually throw fireballs."

"I know the Rune Armor Technique, how about I cast that on you before you go?"

"Yeah, right, your sister." The Rune Armor Technique that Bai Ze had used before could add a layer of rune armor to a unit to absorb a certain amount of damage—it was just a consolation really; it could withstand three or five arrows, but judging by the number of arrows in the corpse, it definitely wouldn’t last.

"Let’s just have summoned creatures do it! Use their bodies to clear the mines."

"Fine." With Bai Ze’s command, the Heavenly Soldiers grumbled but still moved forward.

Following the stone path, it hadn’t been but a few steps before the floor suddenly sank, and a row of crossbows popped out from the walls.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! A dozen sharp arrows shot out from both sides, instantly punching five or six holes into the Heavenly Soldiers.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Soldiers had enough Blood Volume to keep moving forward despite the arrows, but after a few more steps, the floor sank again with a click, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

This time they didn’t hold up, and with a flash of white light, they disappeared.

"Everyone remember the spot where the Heavenly Soldiers just walked, who’s got another pet?"

"I’ll do it." Ye Luo said as she sent her zombie in.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Puff, puff, puff! Ah!

"The wolf is next!" Another Beast Tamer’s pet took over the lead.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Puff, puff, puff! Ow!

"Any Generals here can send a guard up?"

"Guards are expensive! You need to pay to recruit them."

"Don’t worry, I’ll reimburse you later."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Puff, puff, puff! "Ah, master, avenge me..."

Finally, by sacrificial advancement of summon creatures one after another, everyone managed to carve out a safe path through the dangerous floor.

At last, they reached the stone door of the main burial chamber. Salted Fish went up and pushed the stone door open forcefully, revealing a huge burial chamber. A magnificent sarcophagus was placed in the center, surrounded neatly by Armor, Weapons, bamboo slips, and other items.

And on both the left and right sides of the tomb chamber, as well as to the rear, there were three stone doors, leading to unknown places.

"Hahaha, so many treasures, huh— Oh my, it’s grey equipment."

[Rusted War Spear (Polearm/Coarse)]

[Rusted Horse-cutting Saber (Two-handed Sword/Coarse)]

[Rusted Ancient Sword (One-handed Sword/Coarse)]

[Cease War Military Technique (Lost Classic)]

Usage: Unlocks an ancient military unit for your current faction.

Item Introduction: This is a lost military book, detailing training methods of a special ancient military unit, highly sought after by military mansions in various states.]

"This is really good stuff, definitely worth hundreds of taels! It’ll surely increase in price later on," Bai Ze excitedly said.

He had a reason for saying so, as currently various guilds were planning to establish nations, and once successful, they would be able to train armies, and this item would definitely skyrocket in value.

Unlocking an ancient military unit—in a world with a primordial and cultivating fantasy worldview, the older things generally are the more incredible they tend to be.

But for now, it could only be exchanged at the military mansion for some professional skills, top-grade equipment, and such rewards, which felt somewhat disappointing.

Hearing Bai Ze’s analysis, everyone else also became excited; this was something big guilds would buy for a high price, definitely not cheap, and they had recovered their investment just like that.

If such good items could be found even among the funerary items, it could only be imagined that the things buried with Wang Chang himself would be even better.

"The real treasures must be inside the coffin!"

"You’re right, Wang Chang, the mighty Zhongwu Marquis, definitely had top-grade stuff all in his coffin."

Although the current finds were not insignificant, they were just about breaking even at best, and whether this venture turned into a huge profit depended entirely on this deal.

However, as the moment of truth approached, Salted Fish started to get a bit nervous.

Just about to open the coffin, Ye Luo suddenly said, "I say, no rush on the coffin, let’s check the things in the burial chamber first."

"Burial chamber?"

"Yes, the two rooms on either side, the typical tomb structure with burial chambers on either side of the main chamber for placing funerary goods, there must be some good stuff inside."

Dida La curiously asked, "Babe, how do you know all this?"

"Read it from books."

"There are books that teach tomb raiding?"

"Tomb Raider Notes."

Everyone was speechless.

Salted Fish took a deep breath, "Alright, let’s start with the burial chambers, then the main coffin."

He was somewhat nervous, if he couldn’t find good things, the high-interest millions he owed would be impossible to pay back.

It would be best to leave this suspense till the end.

Everyone then split up to open a chamber each.

Salted Fish led a group to the left chamber, opened it, but it was empty.

"Huh, why is it empty?"

"It’s not empty, look here!" someone yelled out.

They saw on the wall, two broken iron chains hanging.

"It looks like someone was chained up here!"

"Oh my, could it be the Ancient Tomb Corpse King?"

Everyone suddenly realized, wasn’t the Ancient Tomb Corpse King known for being fettered with an iron chain?

If the Corpse King was chained here, then who was in the coffin?

The quick-witted ones had already thought of this.

Just then, a cry of alarm came from outside, "Oh my god, Salted Fish, come quick! There’s a big monster."

"What’s going on?" Salted Fish asked in shock and anger.

"Imperial Little Qi opened the coffin!"